askhistorians

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What did Olmec villages or habitations look like, and how were they laid out? Have there been any archeological recreations of what an Olmec community would’ve looked like?	8
Concerning the discovery of the giant black sarcophagus in Alexandria: is it considered unusual by Egyptologists that a sarcophagi of the Ptolemaic Period would have multiple bodies interred inside?	8
Looking for book recommendations on the history of ancient Southeast Asia, specifically from the Neolithic Era to the time right before European contact and colonialism.	8
How did the rise of the internet in the 1990s change the academic field of history; and how did it impact the discourse between historians?	7
Was there ever any backlash or criticism from city planners, philosophers, social scientists and other intelligentsia arguing against the suburbification of America that occurred throughout in the 1950s and 1960s?	7
Why was Spain during its imperial period not able to colonize any other territories or islands in Asia, the Indian or Pacific Oceans save for The Philippines, the Marianas and the Carolines?	7
Did any medieval religious heresies or groups that were persecuted as heretical in Europe or the East survive into the 20th Century?	7
While there have been a great many historical examples of Christian syncretism, are there any cases in which Judaism or Islam syncretized with another religion or adopted religious practices from other belief systems?	7
What is the origin of beekeeping? As in, people specifically rearing bees and constructing hives to house them in for their honey?	6
What is the history of the “Nerd” stereotype of a nebbish and socially-awkward man with glasses, and what was its origin?	6

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